Synonym: agonistic, constrained, forced, labored, laboured. Similar words: unrestrained, grained, strain, straitened, trainer, constrain, constraint, train. Meaning: [streɪnd] adj. 1. lacking natural ease 2. under great stress 3. lacking spontaneity; not natural 4. struggling for effect.
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121) Strained fences of up to ten strands of high-tensile steel wire can be much cheaper for very long, straight runs.
122) The sweet water was strained, and used to make mead.
123) The Chirac-Kohl coolness forms part of a growing pattern of strained personal relations among world leaders.
124) Passengers strained to see what all the fuss was about.
125) Holly strained with his fingers to twist the coin under the lip of the bolt.
126) Industrial relations became strained when the post office abolished a flexible shift system at the SWindon branch.
127) In July, looking thin and strained, the Princess is said to be suffering from post-natal depression during the Balmoral holidays.
128) The strained atmosphere at the dinner made it difficult to chat with people.
129) He was very fond of her but it strained imagination to see how she could fit into a policeman's life.
130) The MacMahon Act strained relations with Britain, but did not close the door entirely to limited atomic collaboration.
131) He missed all of April last season with a strained left hip and missed 20 games due to injury.
132) She had difficulty attending to Mrs Browning's questions and replied in a strained voice.
133) At breakfast time the general atmosphere among the residents was still subdued, but much less strained than the previous evening.
134) Since my father's affair things have been very strained between him and my mother.
135) Unless such points are maintained[sentencedict.com], the analogy becomes so strained that little that is distinctive about natural selection remains.
136) Remove vanilla bean, and scrape soft center into strained sauce.
137) She sensed a strained explosive atmosphere between them as they exchanged small talk.
138) Relations between county and district planners have frequently been strained.
139) With these amounts of money involved, the relationship between band and record company can occasionally be quite strained.
140) Put strained liquid, sour cream, half coriander and grated Edam into a food processor or blender and whizz until smooth.
141) Reed has missed the past week with a strained hamstring.
142) We moved ahead rapidly when the economic collapse of the Depression strained the capacities of families and communities to the breaking point.
143) She had kept her neck painfully turned and strained to stare out the window at the street scenes.
144) Whisk the eggs very thoroughly with the strained juice. Cut the butter into small cubes.
145) At the same time she could feel her neck muscles being strained.
146) Vincent strained every nerve to turn himself into a draughtsman acceptable to the illustrated papers(sentencedict.com), and the strain showed.
147) Ten metres from the line I saw Ray, twisted to dip and strained my hamstring.
148) Conversation between strange women at the beginning of a party is often strained and this occasion proved to be no exception.
149) The current awareness that the modern nation-state has become severely strained, or even ineffectual, has evoked a range of responses.
150) Repairs to the roof have severely strained the school's budget.